Kant et les lumieres anglaises

This chapter outlines the development of post-Kantian analysis of the thought of Kant, reviewing studies of Ernst Cassirer and Lucien Goldmann to arrive at the approach of Bourdieu. The author’s intention is to show that Bourdieu's concepts - especially those of habitus and field - could be lent to an appreciation of different forms taken by the Enlightenment in various countries that would not be a simple comparison of influences or only an analysis of variants of a generic structure. The author then indicates some implications for the analysis of the relationship between eighteenth century British and Kantian thought